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Besides what I've researched (can only get some much info from a document) I wanted to get some personal experience from you guys on either (if anyone has or had both - even better). Pros/Cons, food diet, behaviors, etc. Also include your tank size, decor, other fish stock.

I have a gold nugget pleco, one of the nicest looking fish I own. They can grow big but estimates are very foggy, some say max 8 others 16. I think the reason for this is that they are very similar to Royal plecos in the fact that they will take 16+ years to mature to full size.

Eating wise they are easily fed, cucumber/courgette/aubergine/carrot/potato . . . Get the drift?

Eat the exact same as the Gold Nugget, they do require real wood in the tank to gnaw on. To get best out of them have at least 3 or more pieces of wood. Stay relatively small, I've not seen one larger than 4 inch

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I have a 16 gallon bowfront, and i recently bought a bristlenose pleco. My original idea was to get a rubber lipped, but my LFS was out of stock on them. He hasn't eaten any algae and I've had him for 2 days now. What should I do?
Fish: 2 Zebra Danios and 3 Black Lyretail Mollys

I have a 16 gallon bowfront, and i recently bought a bristlenose pleco. My original idea was to get a rubber lipped, but my LFS was out of stock on them. He hasn't eaten any algae and I've had him for 2 days now. What should I do?
Fish: 2 Zebra Danios and 3 Black Lyretail Mollys

Chuck in a slice of cucumber or zucchini, bristlies will starve to death relying on algae in the tank alone. To give you an idea, 89 fry less than 1/4" long,demolish 2 1/2"slices of zuchinni EVERY DAY in my nursery tank. You should also pop them a spirulina or algae wafer, they are pretty much omnivorous when it comes to vegetables, and also enjoy a bit of bloodwarm every now and then